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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major family news did John fail to reveal to his family back in Ndotsheni?
(a) He never told them he divorced his wife.
(b) He never told them he had given his daughter up for adoption.
(c) He never told them his son was in jail.
(d) He never told them he was terminally ill.

2. Which of the following does the black woman NOT lament?
(a) That she has to take in boarders to feed her family.
(b) That she and her husband ever left their small village.
(c) That she does not have enough money to buy her way higher on the housing waiting list.
(d) That she cannot send her children to better schools.

3. Where does the white reformatory worker say Absalom currently lives?
(a) Sophiatown.
(b) Claremont.
(c) Springs.
(d) Pimville.

4. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
(a) Kumalo’s mother was a cook for the man’s family.
(b) His father owns a farm near Kumalo’s village.
(c) The man worked at the reformatory where Absalom was held.
(d) The man visited Ndotsheni to lecture on agricultural reform.

5. Msimangu ministers to a community of people who suffer from which of the following?
(a) They are mentally handicapped.
(b) They cannot walk.
(c) They are blind.
(d) They have leprosy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes John’s relationship with his own son?

2. What neighborhood is Gertrude living in?

3. What neighborhood of the city does Msimangu live in?

4. Where was the white man murdered?

5. What is Stephen Kumalo’s profession?

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